Waiter&#39;s check.



E. A. HAWK.

WAITEBS CHECK.

APPLICATION FILED was, 1911.

Kiwi/53%.. Patented m. 14, 1913.

I 4 Thispnd Each Coup n GOOD FOR 5 Chi. When Presented at cry Dep't,

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iunrrnn sirfarns armacanton ELI -A. HAWK, OF MINNEAPOLlIS, MINNESQTA.

: WAITERS CHECK.

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To all whom it mag commit:

Be it known that I, Em A, HAWK,'3. citizen of the United States, residingfa't Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepinand State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Waiters Checks;

and I do hereby declarethe following to be r a full, clear, and exact description of theinrention, such as will enable others skilled'in the art'to which it appertains toinake use the same.

the coupons, and to sever thej coupohs give to the customer the severed sect on on which the amount of his purchase is' indicated by the coupon having "the smallest number marked thereon. To illustrate, the coupons on these hitherto employed waiters checks have been commonly marked consecutively as follows: 5 cts., -10 cts., 15 cts, 2O cts., etc. If the amount purchased 20 cts., the one would be torn apart 'ona line between the 15 cts. and 20 'cts., coupon, and

that section of the tickethavingQO cts.,

marked thereon, as the lowest number, would be given tothe customer or purchaser.

VVith'this arrangement of the ticket, 15 cts, would be the highest amount indicated on the other section of the'ticket which is retained by the waiter, and this amount, as is evident, does not correspond tot-he 20 cts, value of the purchase indicating portion of the ticket. r I 4 My invention makes ,a very great improvement in the form of the waiters check, by the addition to the lowest number end, or

purchase of the'ticket, of a. so-called auxil-- iary coupon, the purchasing value of which, equals to the consecutive order of increasein the value of the coupons of the check. For instance, with the check having the 5 (its,

increase in order, this auxiliary coupon will Specification of Letters Patent.

-coupo'n.c' is locate ticket and which;.isf/ to be retained by the. .v vaiter and turned in at'the properf times.-

"Patented ea. Mi, 19113.

Application filed December 6, 1911. Serial No. 664,2 09.

hare a 5 cent purchasing value t6 the waiter. Hence, with this improved arrangement, no

matter where the check is torn or severed between the coupe both sections of the ticket will have the same value,to-wit, the a value of one which is given to the purchaser,

Or- -cus tomer'WilLbe represented by the lowthe check in' a-system wherein the waiter is required totear oif from the .check enough coupons of the lower orders to include the auxiliary coupon, to purchase at the counter or at the kitchen, whatever articles are served to the customer. Thisfeature has the very importantadvantage thatit is absolutely impossible forQthe waiter toobtain any dishes or articles without first paying for the same by removing from the check,

coupons representing the value thereof, and

thereby leaving-o thecustomers check the indication ofthet unye value of purchase.

Oneiform of the improved check is illusw trated-in the single-view of the drawings;

Referring to. the drawings wherein the consecutively I n'unrbered coupons are indicatedfbyx the'character a, and the so-called auxiliary coupon indicated the character b, In the g-icket illustrated, a stub at the, upper end of the The check is preferably divided. into coupons in the usual wayby perforated or weakened lines f As an additional feature of novelty, all of'the coupons, a, b and c are marked on one side with nunierals indicatingfthe' number of the particular check, and onthe other side with numeralsindicating the number of thewaiter using the check. This enables all of the coupons at any time to be properly identified with the original.

check. from which they 3 were removed.

Preferably, the auxiliary" coupon 6 -1s marked as follows: This and each coupon good for 5 cts. when presented at any department I Carrying out the illustration of purchase above given, we will assume that the first purchase make'by the customer amounts to 20 cts, and that before finishing the meal, he orders something amounting to an addiest numbered coupon thereon and thevalue of. the other, t'o-vvit, the waiters, section of ,the ticket, will be indicated by the highest numbered coupon plus the value of the auxiliary coupon. -With -.this improved arrangetihe'nt, it therefore becomes practieableto' use Y Y tional 5 cents. In this casepthe waiter'tears from the coupon section of the check, the

- coupon marked 20 cts. and with this coupon,

.inaddition to the auxiliary coupon having the purchasing value of 5 cents to the Waiter, he obtains the, article, and by. S0.' severing the sand coupon, increases the low-- pest amount on the customers ticket to 25 of the totalpl'ircliase What Iclaim is: v

c'ts, which, as is obvious, is the right amount j g v- 1,075,648

the order of increase in the value of said lowest coupon-will equal'the value of. the

highest coupon' on the other section plus the value ofthe auxiliary coupon, the said auX- 'ili'ary coupon being located at one'eud of the check adjacent to the coupon of: lowest value, and'the s'aid coupons having identical 25 identifying means.

In'tes'timony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ELI A. HAWK.

D. MERCHANT, HARRY D. KILGORE.

Witnesses: 

